1. the branch of medicine treating of the essential nature of disease, especially of the changes in body tissues and organs that cause or are caused by disease. 2. the structural and functional manifestations of a disease. adj., adj pathologÂ´ic, pathologÂ´ical.
The definition of receptive is someone who is open and willing to receive something or to hear or learn something new. 1  An example of someone who would be described as receptive is a person who is open and willing to hear a new idea. An example of someone who would be described as receptive is an audience of people who are willing to welcome a speaker and listen with an open mind.
Recitative (/ËrÉsÉªtÉËtiËv/ , also known by its Italian name recitativo ([retÊitaËtiËvo])) is a style of delivery (much used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas) in which a singer is allowed to adopt the rhythms of ordinary speech.he first use of recitative in opera was preceded by the monodies of the Florentine Camerata in which Vincenzo Galilei, father of the astronomer Galileo Galilei, played an important role.